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SCHULTZ, OF CINCINNATI, OHI

MECHANICAL CASHIER.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1916.

Application filed'August 14, '1914. Serial No. 856,786.

To all whom it may concern.

Be-it known that 1, ROBERT H. BUTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Covington, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mechanical Cashiers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to mechanical cashiers adapted for delivering change representing the difi'erence between a sum deposited and the amount of purchase, and it is the object of my invention to provide novel means wherebyis accumulated on an accumulating cammechanism, to provide novel key-mechanism on which to impress the amount of purchase for having effect on the cam-mechanism opposed to the accumulating efi'ect thereon by the amount deposited, for influencing the cam-mechanism into relation representing the difference between the accumulating eifects of the amount deposited and of the purchase denoted, whereupon coin-delivering mechanism is placed in delivering relation for delivering the change or difference between the coin or sum deposited and the purchase denoted.

It is a further-object of my invention to provide noveliniechanism for placing'the cam-mechanism in its various operative relations; further to provide novel locking means for the coin-deliverin devices; further'to provide novel coin-del vering mechanism; and, further, to provide novel mechanism for returning the operative devices of the machine to normal position; and the invention will be further readily understood from the following description and claims, and from the drawings, in which latter:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device showing its general structure. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of my improved device, with the front of the casing broken away for exposure of the interior of the device. Fig. 3 is a plan section of my improved device taken on the line 33 of Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of my improved device taken on a line corresponding to the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, showm the interior mechanism of my improved evice in end elevation. Fig. 5 is a vertical crosssection of my improved device taken on a line corresponding to the line 55 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 isa. vertical section of my mproved device taken on a line corresponding the amount deposited to the line'66 of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-section of my improved device taken on a line corresponding to the line 7 7 of Fig. 2. Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section of my improved device taken on a line corresponding to the line 8-8 of Fig. 7,

with the coin-compartments broken away,

Fig. 9 is a, plan ,levers and the operated thereb awls and rate eing removed. ing the deposit-levers and the pawls and ratchet-wheels operated thereby, partly in section on a line corresponding to the line 10-10 of Fig. 5, the purchase-levers and the ipavvls and ratchet-wheels operated thereby. eing removed. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken on a line corresponding to the line 1111 of Fig. 5, showing the discharge means for the coin-compartments. Fig. 12 is an axial section'of the ratchet-wheels and gearing, showing the ratchet-wheels, the cam-mechanism, the return-to-normal mechanism, and the connecting gearing laid out in plane. Fig. 12 shows a modification. Fig. 13 is an axial section on a line corresponding to the irregular line 1313 of Fig. 4, showing the gear-mechanism for the coin-depositing slides laid out-in plane. Fig. 14 is an axial section, taken on a line corresponding to the irregular line 14 14 of Fig. 4, showing the gearing for the coin-delivering mechanism laid out in plane. Fig. 15 is a cross-section on a line corresponding to the line 1515 of Fig. 13, showing the intermittent gearing for rotating the catch-bar for the deposit-pawls.

view showing the purchasepawls and ratchet-wheels the deposit levers and the et-wheels operated thereby Fig. 16Tis. a cross-section on a line corre;

sponding to the line 1616 of Fig. 14, showing the intermittent gearing for rotating the catch-bar of the safety levers. Fig. 17 is a cross-section on a line corresponding to the line 17 of Fig. 12, showing the intermittent gearing for driving the shaft operative to return the cam-mec anism to normal or zero position. Fig. 18 is a perspective v1e\v of the associated mechanism for controlling and operating the coin-discharging arms and the locking means therefor. Fig. 19 is a cross-section, taken on a line corresponding to the line 19-19 of Fig. 12, show ing the gearing for transmitting motion from a group of lower to a group of: a higher order. Fig. 20 is a central vertical Fig. 10 is a plan view showsection of a coin-slide taken on the line 2-20 of Fig. 2. Fig. 20 is a rear elevation showing one of the coin-passages with a. coin therein. Fig. 21 is an axlal section taken on the line 21-2l of Fig. 5, showing the driving connection for the coindiseharge arms. Fig. 22 is a diagrammatic representation of the cam-mechanism laid out in plane. Fig. 23 is a side elevation of the penny cam-disk. Fig. 24 is a side ele vation of the nickel cam-disk. Fig. 25 is a side elevation of the dime cam-disk. Fig.

26 is a side elevation of'the quarter cam- .first accumulated on the cam-mechanism in one direction and the subtracting effect of the amount of purchase then subtracted from the cam-mechanism in the opposite direction, or, if desired, the subtracting effect of the urchase mechanism may befirst produced upon the cam-mechanism and the adding effect of the coin-depositing mechanism then accumulated on said cam-mechanism, the result in either case being the same, namely, the positioning of the cammechanism in such relation as to have the operative effect upon the coin-discharging mechanism for discharging the proper amount of change.

The cam mecham'sm.My invention contemplates the provision of a series of cams representing, in the present exemplification, res eetively penny, nickel, dime, quarter, ha f-dollar, dollar, five dollar, ten dollar, and twenty dollar denominations, and instanced as arranged on cam wheels; and further contemplates that the release of de livering mechanism shall take place so as to effect only the denomination of the highest order deposited and the denominations of lower order, whereby coins of higher order are locked in the machine against delivery and for preventing the extraction from the machine of a greater sum than is supplied to tliefsaine. The cam-mechanism is normally in neutral, or what I shall. hereinafter term zero position.

I shall, for convenience, hereinafter designate the separate pieces of money, whether of paper or metal. as coins. Selective pieces of money, for instance. silver or paper one-dollar pieces. two dollar bills and gold or paper tire-dollar, ten dollar, and twenty dollar pieces, may respectively be placed in senting the faces of the various canowhccls laid out in plane, and in their zero relation, and to l ig. 12 in which. the cam-wheels are shown connected with the coin-deposit ing and purchase ratoilet-wheels. lo the present exemplification there are groups of cam-wheels, marked A, B and 1, respectively. The first group marked A represents the penny group, including a one cent rain 41, a. two cent cam 42, a three cent cam 43,

and a four cent cam ll, these cams bring arranged side by side upon the single cam wheel 45, it being understood that those cams, as well as others hereinafter described as on a single wheel, may be upon an into gral cam-wheel, as shown, or that they may be on separate wheels, as shown in the modification ii in Fig. 12. The penny ramwheel is rigidly secured to a sleeve it? loose about a shaft 47. Group B crunprisc-s the cams for sums from five cents to ninetyfive cents, which I designate as the less-thaw dollar cams. This group comprises single nickel cams 51, and twonickel cams 52, which are located on a nickel cam-wheel no; dime cams Cal arranged about the periphery of the dime cam-wheel 55; quarter cams 5t: arranged about the periphery of the (pun-tor cam-wheel 57; and a half-dollar cam 58 ar ranged about the periphery of the halt dollar cam-wheel 59. The cam-wheels of the group ofcams B are respectively rigidly secured to a less'than dollar sleeve b loose about the shaft 47. The dollar group of cams C, in the present exemplificatiou, includes the one dollar cams G1. the two dollar cams 62, the three dollar cams H3, and the four dollar camsGl. These are shown arranged about the-peripher} of a dollar camwheel 65 which is rigidly secured to a dollar sleeve 66, loose about the; shaft 4.7. The group C alsp includes five dollar cams 71 arranged about the periphery of a five dollar cam-wheel 72, a ten dollar cam 73 arranged about the periphery of a ten dollar camvheel 74, and a twenty dollar cam 75 arranged about the periphery of a twenty dollar cam-wheel 7G. The cam-wheels 72, 74 and 76 are rigidly secured to the dollar sleeve (36.

It will be noted by reference to Fig 22 that, in the present exemplitiration, the ilUl" lar and less-than-dollar cams are arranged to move stepwise through a. series or" twenty spaces, numbered from 1 to 20 in said figure. The moveiriei'it of the less-than-dollar cams through each of these spaces represents a five-cent or twentieth of one dollar value, their moven'ient through the final or twentieth space transfcrrin r the dollar value into the dollar cams, as hereinafter explained. The movementof the dollar cams through each of these spaces represents a one dollar value, or one-twentieth of the highest denon'iination represented in the connected dollar-cams, namely the twenty-dollar denomination.

The penny cams are arranged, in the present exemplification, to move in steps of greater ratio, for the reason that the oenny values are divided into five pennies, and the steps of movement of the penny cams, that is, the effective spaces of the penny cams,

' are therefore five, each step or effective space encompassing four of the twenty spaces of the less-than-dollar cams, the movement of the penny cams through the fifth step or penny space transferring the five-cent value into the nickel cam, as hereinafter explained.

The sum of the spaces in each lower group is the equivalent of a single space in the next higher group.

It will be hereafter noted that the coindepositing and the purchase mechanism respectivelyhave adding and subtracting effects upon the cam-Wheels based on these divisions of spaces, the spaces corresponding to the denomination of least value in each of the groups of cams.

The cams on the respective cam-wheels are so arranged that when the adding and subtracting efi'ects b the coin-depositing and amount-of-purchase mechanisms are transferred into the cam-mechanism, the cam-mechanism is arranged with those cams in line in one of the twenty spaces, re resented as the space 20 which have the e ect of releasing a sum w iich is the equivalent of the diiference between the adding effect of the coin-depositing mechanism and the subtracting effect of the amount-of-purchase mechanism, for permitting this coin difference to be discharged from the coin-discharging mechanism.

I provide one series of cams 54 for dimes, so that a single dime may be discharged in giving change, but if the amount of change to he delivered represents two multiples of a dime, I prefer to discharge one dime and two niclcels, for which reason I provide the two-nickel cams 52.

80 represents the main frame of my improved device, shown as a casing, in which the operated devices are contained.

The cam-shaft 47 is mounted in hearings S1, 82, 8?, and 84. The bearing 81 mm a supporting plate 85 rigidly secured to the casing of the machine. The bearings 82, 83, are respectively in plates 87, 88, and the hearing 8% is in the end-plate 89 of the casing.

The following means are provided for accumulating the operative effect of sleeves of lower order into sleeves of higher order. A gear 91 is secured to the sleeve 46 and meshes with a gear 92; fast on a shaft 93 journaled .n a bearing 94 onthe plate 87. The shaft 93 has a single-tooth gear 95 fast thereon, the tooth of which is adapted to mesh with a gear 96 fast on the sleeve (30. These teeth are shown in normal or zero position'in Fig. 19. When now the penny cam-wheel 31 has been rotated in coindepositing, throughout its cycle of five effective peripheral spaces, which is accomplished in five divisions of movement, the tooth on the single tooth gear 95 will have engaged one of the teeth of the gear 96 and rotated the same to the extent of one pe-' ripheral space of the group B of cam-wheels, this engagement of this single tooth with the gear 96 taking place during the final division of movement of the penny cam-wheel 45.

A gear 101 is fast on the sleeve 60 and meshes with a gear 102 fast on a shaft 103 journaled in a bearing 104 on the plate 88. A single tooth gear 105 is fast on the shaft 103, the tooth of which is arranged to mesh with the teeth of a gear 106 fast on the'sleeve 66, for rotating the same to the extent of one of the twenty spaces of the group C of cam-wheels, the parts being similar to the parts shown in Fig. 19. The accumulation from the group' B of cam-wheels to the group C of cam-Wheels is effected in coindepositing at each completion of the revolution of the group B of cam-wheels When denoting purchases, the subtracting effect of a group of cams of lower order upon a group of higher order takes place at the beginning of movement of the group of lower order.

The coin-deposit and amount of purchase meclmnz'sm.-111 is a shaft supported in a bearing 112 of the supporting plate 85, in bearings 113,114, respectively in the plates 87, 88, and a bearing 115 in the end plate 89. The plates 87, 88, are positioned in the machine liy their bearings about the respective shafts 111 and 47. (See Figs. 2, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 12). a

The shaft 111 suppozts three groups of wheels, shown as ratchet-wheels. These groups comprise ratchet-Wheels respectively of the coin-depositing mechanism and of the amount of purchase mechanism. These groups, marked respectively as A, B, and C, coact respectively with the groups of cams A, B and C. These groups of wheels comprise a wheel in the coin-depositing mechanism for each denomination of coin intended for use in connection with the present exemplification of my invention. Suit ahle pawls coact for turning the wheels about their axes of rotation. the operative engagement of these pawls with the .ratchet heels being controlled by suitable controllingv mechanism for causing rotation of the rspcctiYc groups of wheels throughout angles of movements determined by the Value of coin deposited. Thus 12]. is a coindeposit 1'atchct-\\'l1eel of penny denomination. with which a iawl 122 coacts, controlled by a shield lzli. This ratchet-wheel 121 is in the group A of wheels. (See par ticularly Fig. 10).

1'31 i a nickel coin-deposit ratchet-wheel, with which a nickel-pawl 125 coacts, controlled by a shield 120. 127 is a dime coindeposit ratchct-whccl, with which a dimepawl 128 coacts, controlled by a shield 129. 130 is a quarter coin-deposit ratchet-wheel, with which a quarter-pawl 131 coacts, controlled by a shield 132. 133 is a half-dollar coin-deposit ratchet-wheel, with which a half-dollar-pa\\'l 1 H enacts, controlled by a shield 135. The ratchet-wheels 124, 19.7, 130 and 133 are secured together.

The group C of ratchet-wheels comprises a dollar coin-deposit ratchet-wheel 136, with which a pawl 13? coacts, controlled by a shield 138; a two dollar coin-deposit ratchetwheel 139, with which a two dollar pawl 140 coacts, controlled by a shield 141; a five dollar coiirdeposit ratchet-wheel 112, with which a the dollar pawl 1 13 coacts, controlled by a shield 114; a ten dollar coindeposit ratchet-wheel 145, with which a ten dollar pawl 110 coacts, controlled by a shield 147; and a twenty dollar coin-deposit ratchct-wlieel MS, with which a twenty dol lar pawl 1 10 coacts, controlled by a shield 1.30. The ratchet-wheels 136, 139, 1 12, 145 and H8 are rigidly secured together and rotate simultaneously about the shaft 111. The shields are, on a shield-plate 151 suitably rigidly secured in place, as by screws Besides the coin-depositing ratchet-wheels just described, the respective groups of wheels A, T3, and C also comprise ratchetwheels of the purchase mechanism, so that the amount of purchase may be subtracted from the amount of coin deposited, there being a pawl coacting with these purchase ratchet-wheels [or each amount represented on the keys of the purchase mechanism (see especially Fig. 9). The ratchet-wheels of the respective. groups of wheels A, B and C are made integral with each other lengthwise of the shaft 111, where permitted by the mechanism, so as to provide simplicity and rigidity.

It may be here stated that I have so geared the ratchet-Wheels with the canrwheels as to cause a complete revolution of the camwheels by a. partial revolution of the ratchet wheels, for the. reason that the pawls, mounted as they are in the presentexemplilication, mak wtirc (intact with the ratchet-wheels tinrwgliout :nily a portion oi the circle of movement of the ratchct-tecth thereof. The gear-ratio I prefer is one to five, that is to say, the ratchet-wheels make one-fifth of a revolution for etl'ectiug a coinplcte revolution of tlie'cinn-wheels. teeth of the ratchet-wheels are also of" a proper number to effect the proper placing of the cams with relation to the spaces shown in the diagram of Fig. 2 as hereinbefore explained. Thus the penny group of ca1n-wheels, having five rest positions, the penny group of ratcliet wlieels is provided with twenty-five ratchet-teeth, and the lessthan-dollar group and the dollar group of cam-wheels, each having twenty rest positions, the ratchet-wheels of these groups are proi ided with one hundred ratchet-teeth.

The ratchet-teeth of the coin-deposit ratchet-wheels and the ratchet-teeth of the purchase ratchet-wheels preferably extend in opposite directions, as the pawls coacting therewith respectively move. 1n opposite directions for elfecting the positions of movement of the ratchet-Wheels.

The purchase-key connections- 111c purchase-keys comprise groups A 13' and C of keys, which cooperate respectively with the ratchet-wheel groups A, B and C and with the cam-groups A, B and C; (See Figs. 1, 2, 5, 9 and 12.)

A represents the penny group of purchase-keys, each key being designated 301, mounted on a bell-crank lever 302, rocking on a bearing 303 about a shaft 156 supported in bearings 157, 158, respectively in the supporting plate and end'plate 89. The key-ends of these bell-cranklevers extend through slots 301m the front wall 159 of the casing. Purchase-pawls 306 are articulated to the bell-crank levers by articulations 307, springs 30S urging said pawls toward the ratchet-wheels 309 of the group A of ratchet-wheels, with which said purchase-pawls 306 coact. Shields 310 on the shield-plate 151 determine the extent of coaction between said penny purchase-pawls and purchase ratchet-wheels for determining the extent of movement imparted by the respective pawls to the ratchet-wheels, this extent of movement being dependent on the coin value of the key depressed. The bellcrank levers are. normally raised by springs 311 for positioning the key-ends of said bellcrank levers in the upper ends of the slots 30-1 which thereby act as stops.

'I'he coin-deposit ratchet-wheel 121, and the purchase ratchet-wheels 309, are rigidly secured together by means of clamp-bolts 312 for rotating together, a gear 313 being rigidly secured to the hub 314 of one of said ratchet-wheels and meshing with a gear 315 iournalcl ab; .it. a shoulder-bolt 316, in the support: plate St), the gear 315 meshing with a .r :3]? fast on the cam-sleeve 40. This gearing transmits the adding and sub- The ' levers by articulations on a bearing 503 tracting effect of the group A of ratchetwheels into the group A of cam-wheels.

Referring to Fig. 5 it will be noted that the actuating movement of the deposit pawl 122 is in the direction of the arrow a and the actuating movement of the purchase pawl is in the direction of the arrow and that the deposit-pawl actuates the penny cam-wheels in the direction of the arrow 0, and the purchase pawls actuate the penny cam-wheels in the direction of the arrow d, the deposit-pawls and the purchase-pawls, as well as the cam-wheels of the other groups moving in similar directions.

B is the group of less-than-dollar purchase-keys, which operate on pawls coacting with the purchase ratchet-wheels of the group B. (See Figs. 1, 2, 6, 9 and. 12.) Each of the keys of this group B is desig-. na ted 401 mounted on a bell-crank lever 402 rocking on a bearing 403 about the shaft 156. These bell-crank levers extend through slots 404 in the front wall of the casing. Purchase-pawls 406 are articulated with the bell-crank levers by articulations 407, sprin 4.08 urging said pawls toward the ratchetwheels 409 of the group B of ratchet-wheels with which said pawls 406 'eoact. Shields 410 on the shield-plate 151 determine the extent of coaction between saidpawls and ratchet-wheels for determinin the extent of movements imparted by tiie respective pawls to the ratchet-wheels, this extent of movement being determined by the coin value of the key depressed. The key-ends of the bell-crank levers are normally raised by springs 411 for positioning said bellcrank levers in the upper ends of the slots 404. which thereby act as stops.

The coin-deposit ratchet-wheels 124, 127, 130 and 133, and the purchase ratchetwheels 409, are rigidly secured together by means of clamp-bolts 412 for rotating together, a gear 413 being rigidly secured'to the hub 414 of one of said ratchet-wheels and meshing with a gear 415 journaled about a shoulder-bolt 416 in the plate 87, the gear 415 meshing with a gear 417 fast on the cam-sleeve 60. This gearing transmits the adding and subtracting efi'ects of the group B of ratchet-wheels into the group B' f cam-wheels.

2 represents the dollar group of purchase-keys, which operate on pawls meeting with the purchase ratchet-wheels of the group B. (See Figs. 1, 2, 7, 9 and 12). Each key of this group is designated 501 mounted on a bell-crank lever 502 rockin about the shaft 156.- These bell-crank levers extend through slots 504 in the front all of the casing. Purchasepawls 506 are articulated to the bell-crank 507, springs 508 urgmg said pawls toward the ratchet-wheels 509 ofthe group C of ratchet-wheels with which said pawls 506 coact. Shields 510 on the shield-plate 151 determine the extent of coactioii between said pawls and ratchetwheels for determining the angular movement imparted by the res ive pawls to the ratchet-wheels, depen out on the com value of the key depressed. The key-ends of the bell-crank levers arenprmally raised by springs 511 for positioning the key-ends of the bell-crank levers in the upper ends of the slots 504 which thereby act as stops.

The coin-deposit ratchet-wheels 136, 139,

142, 145 and 148, and the purchase ratchet- C" of ratchet-wheels into the group C of cam-wheels.

A ctuating means of the coin-deposit mechanism-J shall describe this .mechanism with particular referenceto the penny operating mechanism shown in Fig. 5, the nickel operating mechanism shown in Fig. 6 being similarly constructed and the parts designated by similar reference numerals raised into the four hundred series, the parts of'the dollar mechanism being also similarly constructed and designated by similar reference numerals raised into'the-five hundred series of numerals.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 8 inclusive, the casing is provided with a series of coinopenings 320, 420 and 520, which communicate with coin-chutes 321, 421 and 521 communicatin'g with coin passages 322, 422, 522.

Referring now particularly to the penny mechanism, (see also Figs. 20 and 20'), there is a main slide 323 which slides longitudinally on it a gate 324 at each side of the slide, these gates being pivoted to the respective side walls of the slide 323 by pivots 325, the springs 326 acting to raise the gates. The pair of gates are arranged to be contacted by the side edges of the coins. An auxiliary slide 328 is arranged to reciprocate in a guideway 329 in the main slide 323 and is of such width as to normally pam through the space 330 between the gates 324, theauxiliary slide passing idly through said space when no coin is deposited in rear of said gates. Some of the auxiliary slides are shown as round and others as polygonal in cross-section, depending on the size of coin to be moved. en, however, a coin is received from the chute 321 into the coinspace 331 between the end of the auxiliary slide and the gates 324, the end of the auxiliary slide will contact the coin and imin the passage 322. This slide has force upon the gates The rear ends of these rails are curled upwardly, a" heap t for permitting the gates to an: on their pivots through the medium oi the springs 326 for raising the gates away from the coin, the coin therenpani dropping into an incline 3351 which connnuniratcs with a Ct)lil-I'QCQPllZlClU iii-ET, as a coin tube.

The coin-deposit pawl 122 (see also Fig, 10), of the penny group of mechanism is connected with the main slide by means of a pivot 335 in a lug 3235' depending from the main slide, the pawl being normally urged toward the ratchet-wheel by a spring 340. The coin-deposit pawls of the less-than-dollar-and theidollar groups of mechanism are connected with the slides of said groups of mechanism by similar parts. designated by similar reference numerals raised respectively into the series four hundred and five hundred.

The auxiliary slides 328. 428 and 528 are actuated by arms 3&3, 443, 54", connected therewith by means of slot and pin conned tions, one of which is shown in Fig. 20 at 34-1, the arms being journaled about the shaft 156. There is a series of, actuating dogs rigidly secured to this coin'deposit operating shaft 156, respcctivclv engaging keepers 347, 44 7, and 547, respectively pivoted on the arms Elli i i -l2; and 5-43 by means of pivots 848, 448, and 548. the keepers being provided with heels 3-49, 1-19, and 549.

Springs 350, l5!) and 550. connecting with the heels and with a suitable point on the main frame, normallv urge the keepers into engagement with the dogs, and normally retract the arms 343, A3 and 5&3, and the main slides and auxiliary slides operated thereby, pins 451 and acting as positioning stops for the keepers.

There is a dog and a keeper for each denomination of coin depositedthe dogs being arranged about the coin-deposit operating shaft so as to operate the arms consecutively and consequently to operate the coin-slides of successive denominations one utter the other,

so that the coins being deposited may have successive effect upon the ratchet-mochanisms of the several groups, in order that each coin value may be carried into the cam- Wheels of the respective groups, and successiveeffect be ha d upon the groups of mechanism, so that coin-values may be carried fromn group of lower to a group of higher order.

The dog'353 coacts with the keeper 347 o! the Denny group of mechanism. The dogs 453, 45%, 455 and 456 of the less-than-d0llar mechanism cooperate with the keepers 447 ,ece,

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on the arms oi the coin-slides oi" the fire cent, ten cent. quarter and haltdollar coins respectively, The dogs 553, 554, .355, 556 and R57 cooperate respectively with the lnaipers on the arms of the coin slides in the 'llilllill' group of mechanism for the one dollar, two dollar, live dollar, ten dollar and twenty dollar coin-values.

A trippcr rod 160 is provided, against which the toes 358, 4-58 and 558 of the keepers are adapted to engage for tripping the keepers away from the dogs and permitting the arms and slides to return to normal positions,

The angular distance between adjacent dogs is such as to effect Separate complete movement of each coin-deposit pawl throughout its path of registering movement and whatever carry there may be from a group of cams of lower into a group of cams of higher order.

If more than one coin of a given denomination is deposited, the coin-deposit operating shaft must be given as man revolutions as equal the largest number of coins of a given denomination deposited in order to effect deposit of all the coins.

The turning of the coinwleposit operating shaft one revolution, in the direction of the arrow moves all or" the arms and auxiliary coin-slides forward, such of the main slides as have coins deposited therein also moving torwareil by reason of the contact of the aux iliary slide "ith-the coin. The main slides are provided with latches 459 and 559, which are pivoted on the depending lugs of said main slides, as shown at 360, 460 and 560. the latches being spring-pressed hv means of springs 361, 401, 561, a ainst stops 362, 462, 562, shown as pins in t e depending lugs. 162 is a catch-bar upon which the latches catch for maintaining such of the main slides-as have been advanced on account of having coins therein, temporarily in position, so as to insure release of the coin. at the end of its advancing movement into the incline for its deposit into the coin receptacle.

1 provide a system of gearing for the operation of the coin-deposit operating shaft and the catch-bar, which is a rotatable bar, so that the advancing movement of the arms takes place during the first half of the rotation of the coin-deposit operating crank, whereupon there is an idle period of oneeighth of a revolution of the operating crank, during which the main slides. which have been advanced, are held by the catch bar, whereupon the catch-bar is rotated a half revolution for releasing the latches. which is efi'ected during a-quarter revolution of the coin-deposit operating crank, all the parts of the coin-deposit mechanism having mean While returned to neutral positions, there being then one-eighth of a revolution of the 

